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5 unusual facts about National Football Conference


Championship

In the NFL, the term "Championship game" is used to refer to the matches which decide the champions of each of the two conferences, the NFC and AFC.

Clancy Barone

As a coach in the National Football League he has coached in the NFC Championship Game, The AFC Championship Game, three Pro Bowl Games (once as an Offensive Line Coach and twice as the Tight Ends Coach) and has been instrumental in the development of two of the top tight ends to ever play in the NFL: Alge Crumpler of the Atlanta Falcons and Antonio Gates of the San Diego Chargers.

Keiren Westwood

Although he played in most cup games, in March 2005, when Glennon was injured, Westwood played some Conference games for Carlisle before being replaced by the fit-again Glennon.

Queasy Rider

Hank initially lambastes him for betraying the Dallas Cowboys, but the gang eventually decides to support both teams since they're in different conferences and would only play each other in a dream all-Texas Super Bowl.

Special Edna

It was the highest-rated broadcast on Fox that week, following an NFC post-game show.


1987 Pro Bowl

Marty Schottenheimer of the Cleveland Browns led the AFC team against an NFC team coached by Washington Redskins head coach Joe Gibbs.

1991 Pro Bowl

Art Shell of the Los Angeles Raiders led the AFC team against an NFC team coached by San Francisco 49ers head coach George Seifert.

Mel Renfro

In the 1970 NFC title game, Renfro had a key interception that led to the Cowboys' game-winning touchdown over the San Francisco 49ers that helped them get to Super Bowl V, where they lost to the Baltimore Colts.

WFLX

The only exception is when the Miami Dolphins are on Fox at the same time (which only occurs when the Dolphins play host to an NFC team; for interconference games, the rights to the broadcast belong to the network that has the rights to the visiting team's conference; since the Dolphins are in the AFC, most of that team's games are aired on CBS (locally on WPEC)).


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